SecondWind with Joyce

Rhonda Parker Taylor was born and raised in a small community in Texas. She came from a family of immigrants and was the first female to attend college in her family. Leaving behind her hometown and everyone she knew, Rhonda packed up her Mazda RX7 and headed to college. This was a huge adventure for her, as she had never lived outside of her community before. Despite the challenge, Rhonda was determined to succeed and make a better life for herself.

Today, Rhonda is best known for her study on emotional intelligence and as the multinational leader presented at the Union Global Compact Committee. She loves writing, consulting, and teaching. However, she has spent her business life encouraging others through career and academic development programs, including being a campus president for National College and founder of Intelligence Solutions. After years of assisting others in pursuing their dreams, Rhonda follows her passion for writing.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• Rhonda's transition from leadership to writer
• How writing is therapy for Rhonda
• How to find joy in adversity
• How to teach kids to avoid envy and victimization
• The importance of travel to teach empathy and cultural appreciation

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Laura Black is a retired attorney, award-winning businesswoman, author, and speaker. She conceived and co-founded one of the first temporary legal staffing companies in the U.S., moving on to become its CEO after it was acquired by a public company. The company emerged as the largest in the nation of its kind. She helps later-life women embrace their 2nd (3rd or 4th) acts through her speaking and writings. Her essays have appeared in The Baltimore Sun, Next Avenue, Kveller, Hadassah, and others. Laura validates the challenges of women with humor and affirmation. This episode discusses Laura's latest book, "Climbing Down the Ladder," which is about retiring and facing its challenges.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• The retirement transition
• The importance of giving ourselves permission to acknowledge that we no longer have to prove anything
• The challenges and opportunities unique to retirement
• Mastering the transition to the next phase of life

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Pamela Gail Johnson started her journey towards creating the Society of Happy People 25 years ago when she was working in the self-help field for the Hazelden Foundation. She worked in publishing and at one of the treatment centers, attending conferences and teaching empowerment workshops. She couldn't help but wonder: "Why were there so few truly happy people?" This led her to start a newsletter, which eventually evolved into the Society of Happy People, an organization dedicated to promoting happiness and creating a community of positivity. Despite the challenges of printing and distributing newsletters in the pre-digital age, Pamela Gail was determined to spread her message and make the world a happier place.

On this episode, Johnson discusses her latest project, the "Happiness Unites Tour," which brings people together to bond over happy experiences. She also shares the first principle from her book "Practical Happiness: 4 Principles to Improve Your Life," which is that happiness is personal and everyone needs to find what makes them happy. Johnson also identifies five categories of "happiness zappers" and discusses how to manage them to increase happiness. She also shares her personal experiences with grief and how to navigate changes in life.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• What led Pamela to organize a Happiness Unites tour
• The first principle discussed in her book on practical happiness
• Happiness "zappers" and how to manage them
• How Pamela teaches others to break free from negative thought patterns
• Pamela's greatest source of joy
• How support groups like Pamela's can help people to navigate change in their lives

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Angela Cody-Rouget, aka Major Mom®, used to have the keys to the nukes, but now she declutters and organizes homes with her teams of Liberators in three states, plus she has clients all over the world thanks to her skills at virtually organizing DIYers. Angela spent 14 years dedicated to serving her country in the US Air Force as a satellite control commander and missile combat crew commander. She attained the rank of Major and her husband nicknamed her Major Mom after their first child was born.

After her son was born in 2005, she decided military life and motherhood were no longer compatible. So, she left the military and created Major Organizers®, a residential organizing company. She has been building the Major Organizers brand since November of 2006. She was featured on the military episode of Shark Tank on February 5, 2016 and began franchising her concept in 2017.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• How Angela became "Major Mom" and started her organization business
• Why we become disordered
• How clutter can create more issues than you realize
• How to find peace in the midst of disorder
• Creating boundaries in your relationship with things
• Why you should stop buying things even if they're on sale
• How Angela experiences joy
• Tips to create more joy

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Angela's Virtual Organizing Service is $88 instead of $108 for a Power Hour with Major Mom if booked by December 31, 2023. Click here. Discount Code: Joy

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Rebeccah Silence is the world's leading coach for emotional healing and relationships. She was named the 2022 REDx Magazine Top Emotional Health and Relationship Coach for helping people heal from heartbreak so they can love and lead beyond anything that they thought was possible.

As a survivor of a childhood full of trauma and abuse, as well as being diagnosed with and surviving Stage 3 cancer while she was pregnant, she has powerfully supported countless leaders, teams, couples, and families to heal and process even the most intense of experiences.

An accomplished TV and radio personality with over a decade of speaking experience, Rebeccah is a groundbreaking voice in the space of healing and self-development, supporting millions of people to do the inner work to move through their healing and allow themselves to truly thrive.

Rebeccah offers clients, readers, and audiences a safe space to become aware of traumas, neutralize past events, release emotional burdens, create a compelling vision for the future, and reconnect with their spirits. She teaches us how to become our own healer, to love and trust ourselves, and to be our best for others and the world.

She is the CEO and founder of Inspired Results, LLC, based out of Denver, Colorado as well as the author of Coming Back to Life, host of the Healing IS Possible Experience and the Tougher Together Breakthrough Podcast, and the creator of The Emotional Survival Kit course.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• Rebeccah's story of surviving abuse and trauma
• Her trauma recovery method that is changing lives everywhere
• The five emotions that we all experience
• How Rebeccah experiences joy
• Learning from our childhood and shaping adulthood differently
• How trauma impacts your physical health

Get Rebeccah's book, Coming Back to Life, A Roadmap to Healing From Pain to Create the Life You Want here.

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About five million Americans are adopted. It might be you or someone you know. Despite this, outdated misperceptions still persist. Forever Families Through Adoption works to demystify adoption through education and awareness.

Sam Karliner is a husband, father, and Ironman triathlete. He is also an adoptive parent and sits on the board of directors for the organization Forever Families Through Adoption. Through his Ironman triathlon races, he came to realize that there could be an even greater accomplishment in competing by using his races as a platform to help educate and inform others about adoption and help so many people create forever families.

In 2011, Sam began to wonder just how far he could push his body and mind in an endurance event. That led to his first Ironman race. While it was a fantastic experience, he saw other people share their journey of Ironman as a way to help raise awareness to a cause that was important to them. Since then, he has been raising awareness and education about adoption, specifically for the organization Forever Families Through Adoption located in Rye Brook, NY. He takes all his supporters along with him as he writes their names on the frame of his bike and uses their support as inspiration during a very long day of 140.6 miles.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• Sam's connection to adoption
• Demystifying adoption and changing the perception of it
• How Forever Families Through Adoption works to create awareness and support for the adoption process
• How adoption has changed over the years
• What Sam has learned in his Ironman competitions

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Mindful forgiveness and paying attention to who we want to be in the world is essential to a healthy relationship with self and others. This episode tackles the topic of forgiveness and how to mindfully explore it through a different lens. Whether you are apologizing or asking for forgiveness, being mindful of your intention to create healing is key.

Los Angeles native, Kelly Browne grew up in the entertainment industry, and attended California State University Northridge - School of Cinema and Television Arts, earning a Master of Arts degree in Communication/Screenwriting. She was awarded the Presidential Medal for Personal Achievement in Screenwriting working in various acting, production and development roles in the Entertainment Industry. Her credits include the Academy Award-winning motion picture, Glory, the Emmy-winning series, Moonlighting, Malcolm & Eddie as well as many others.

Kelly is the go-to gratitude expert on thank-you note etiquette for adults and kids. She is also the author of the bestselling book series, 101 Ways to Say Thank You with her fifth book, 101 Ways to Create Mindful Forgiveness: A Heart Heart-Healing Guide to Forgiveness, Apologies, and Mindful Tools for Peace, already out now. Her advice has appeared in Parade, The Wall Street Journal, eHow, Tinyprints, and Jezebel—among many others—along with TV and podcast appearances. A mother of two, her mission is to spread the "magic of gratitude" and how to heal the heart with "Mindful Forgiveness."

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• How a need for forgiveness is experienced in everyone
• How bitterness and grudge-holding gets in the way of forgiveness
• How to create mindful forgiveness in our lives
• The importance of finding joy in our lives
• Kelly's best-selling books and how she got started

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After moving to Malta with her family during the 2020 pandemic, Emily A. Francis learned insider secrets to one of the healthiest lifestyles in the world. Now she shares these insights so that you too can improve your wellness and invigorate your spirit.

The Taste of Joy shows you the importance of living simply, mindfully, and naturally while nourishing your body and soul. Discover your own path to happiness as Emily recounts eye-opening experiences with a country and culture that made her come alive. Using food as a metaphor for life, this book highlights local methods for harvesting and cooking while exploring Mediterranean values. With Emily's pearls of wisdom and a handful of recipes, you can get a taste of bliss and create a life you can relish instead of simply endure.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• The reason Emily and her family left the United States to move to Malta
• Why Emily chose to live in a country without genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
• What makes Mediterranean living different in terms of health and wellness
• How Emily experiences joy
• Emily's three tips for creating more joy

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Change starts with the mindset to do it. So many people get stuck and blocked to make changes, but a mindset change is necessary for sustained change. This episode covers what is blocking your ability to make changes and how to create a mindset of success.

Zoilita Grant has been involved in human development for over forty years. She graduated from UC Berkeley in 1971 with a BA in Psychology and got her MSW from UTEP in 1979. She had the privilege of managing two nonprofits, a YMCA in El Paso, TX and a Drug and Alcohol program in Bellefontaine, OH. Besides a short time as a Drug and Alcohol corporate trainer, her entire professional life has been private practice. She worked for over twenty-five years as a psychotherapist specializing in hypnosis, and has been a hypnotic coach for the last twelve years. Her desire to serve both her peers and the general public led her to help form the Colorado Association of Psychotherapists. She served as president for six years. She also served as vice-president of the American Council of Hypnotists for twenty-one years. She offers certifications as hypnosis professionals and products for them and the general public.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• Five keys to changing your mindset
• The blocks that keep us from becoming a success
• How to keep a mindset of success
• Zoilita's program for success coaching and what it entails
• A time Zoilita felt joy
• Tips to creating more joy in your life

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Practicing intentionality is difficult in a world of multitasking. In this episode, author Melinda Salisbury shares how she has created more inspiration and joy in her life by being more intentional and practicing her word of the year, presence.

Melinda Salisbury is an author who lives on the southeast coast of the UK, though she grew up in the country. She says, "It was always a dream to live by the sea, and it's everything I hoped it would be." She writes full time, a mixture of young adult fantasy novels and almanacs for city-based people. She writes for people who desperately want to forge a connection with nature, but live in cities, or flatshares, and don't have easy access to outdoor space. The almanacs help people build a realistic and sustainable connection with nature, without traveling out of town or spending loads of money.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• How Melinda got started as an author
• Melinda's transition from country to coast, and her love for travel, including her upcoming trip to Texas.
• The inspiration behind Melinda's works of fiction.
• How Melinda brought nature into her work and almanacs.
• How her word of the year, presence, has brought more joy into her life
• Tips to create more joy

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